Abstract The article describes a possible procedure for finding similarities in flow of various granular materials. A description of zones possessing a specific mode of motion of individual particulates is performed by means of an angle of energy slope - a relation of kinetic energy of a particulate at the beginning and at the end of an observed particulate trajectory as a function of particulate position in space and a kinetic form of motion of individual particulates. This procedure can be applied for finding a pressure peak in a flow of bulk material and for finding similarity criteria with various granular materials - for example with particulates of a general shape. Finding a pressure peak is important for constructing silos and storage containers.